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Miquel Vila Bover

I am an ICREA Professor and I lead the Research Group on Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Miquel Vila Bover

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

I am an ICREA Professor and I lead the Research Group on Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

I have a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (1993) and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Paris 6 (1998). My doctoral work carried out in the laboratory of experimental neurology at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris (1993-98) contributed to establishing the subthalamic nucleus as the main therapeutic target for the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease with deep brain stimulation. From 1998 to 2005 I worked at the Movement Disorders Unit of Columbia University in New York (USA), initially as a postdoctoral researcher and from 2001 as an Assistant Professor of Neurology, focusing on the study of the mechanisms of neuronal death in Parkinson's disease to identify new therapeutic targets for this currently incurable neurodegenerative disorder.

In 2006 I moved to Barcelona as a Professor at ICREA (Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies) to create and lead a new research group in neurodegenerative diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). Our group is now part of the Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED) and the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's Collaborative Research Network (ASAP-CRN).

I am also an Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Principal Investigator at CIBERNED, Coordinating Lead PI at ASAP-CRN and member of the Steering Committees of the World Parkinson Coalition and the Basic Science Special Interest Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Projects

Mecanismos moleculares de neurodegeneración ligada a la neuromelanina en la enfermedad de Parkinson y envejecimiento cerebral

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: Thais Cuadros Arasa, Helena Xicoy Cortada, Marta González Sepúlveda, Annabelle Parent
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 332750
Reference: PID2020-116339RB-I00
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 30/08/2024

Ministerio de Ciencia

NIPARK - Targeting neuromelanin-linked neuronal dysfunction and degeneration in ageing and Parkinson’s disease using a combined imaging and brain stimulation approach

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding:
Reference: EC/ERANET_JNPD/2020/VILA
Duration: -

Sex-based modulation of neuromelanin-linked Parkinson’s disease pathology

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: Camille Guillard Sirieix
Funding agency: Michael J. Fox Foundation
Funding: 163538.22
Reference: SEX_NEUROMELANINE_MJFF2020
Duration: 01/02/2021 - 31/12/2024

Development of a novel genetically-engineered humanized rodent model to study neuronal dysfunction and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease and brain aging

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: Joan Compte Barrón, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Fundació "La Caixa"
Funding: 115092
Reference: CAIXA/INPHINIT/COMPTE
Duration: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021

Related news

Dr. Miquel Vila, head of the Neurodegenerative Diseases research group at VHIR, is the co-chair of the local organising committee. And Dr. Ariadna Laguna, principal investigator of the same group, is a scientific ambassador.

Researchers describe the molecular mechanisms by which the GBA gene, the main genetic risk factor, associates with the accumulation of α-synuclein in neurons.

It is the project “New Nanotechnological Therapy for Parkinson’s disease: Nose to Brain Delivery of GBA-Polymer Nanoconjugates (nanoGBAtoBrain)”.

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